IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 309: The Muslim World in the Age of the Crusades: New Approaches, New Sources, III

Monday 7 July 2014, 16.30-18.00

Organisers:	Paul M. Cobb, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania Konrad Hirschler, Department of History, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London Suleiman A. Mourad, Department of Religion, Smith College, Massachusetts
Moderator/Chair:	Paul M. Cobb, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania
Paper 309-a	The Transformation of Jerusalem, 1187-1277: Oriental Christians between Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mongols, and Mamluks (Language: English) Scott Parker, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London Index terms: Crusades, Islamic and Arabic Studies
Paper 309-b	Holy War and Ritual Purification in Ayyubid Literature (Language: English) Uri Shachar, Department of History, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva Index terms: Crusades, Islamic and Arabic Studies
Paper 309-c	Ayyubid and Frankish Diplomatic Relations (Language: English) Konrad Hirschler, Department of History, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London Index terms: Crusades, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	The Muslim World in the Age of the Crusades studies the impact of the crusades on the Islamic World. The central focus of the session is on the direct or indirect response to the crusades and to the prolonged settlement of Latin Europeans in the Middle East and North Africa between the 11th and 15th centuries. The session includes topics such as Muslim understandings of the crusades and the challenge they posed, intellectual and cultural transformations within the world of Islam generated as a response to the crusades and everyday relations between the Franks and indigenous populations.